PhD students
Chhaya Singh
Research interests: Bacterial signalling and molecular docking.
Academic details: MSc (Organic Chemistry ) from Jamia Hamdard University, Delhi and BSc (Hons.) Chemistry from University of Delhi.
Veena S. Anwani
Research interests: Organic synthesis, Chemoproteomics
Academic details: BSc and MSc from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU), Maharashtra
Email id: veena19@iiserb.ac.in
Suman
Research interests: Bioconjugation
Academic details: BSc in Chemistry from University of Delhi (Miranda House College) and MSc from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati.
Email id: sumanr20@iiserb.ac.in
Vishnu P.
INSPIRE PhD Fellow
Research interests: Chemical Biology of bacterial c-di-GMP signaling
Academic details: BS-MS from IISER Tirupati
Email id: vishnup22@iiserb.ac.in
Mohd Rashid
Research interests: Organic synthesis and Chemoproteomics
Academic details: B. Pharma from Mewar University Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, MPharm from Dr. Harisingh Gour Central University, Sagar, MP, Master’s Dissertation from DIBER, DRDO, Uttarakhand
Email id: mohd23@iiserb.ac.in
Pankaj Sonawane
Research interests: Development of photoactivatable probes for chemical biology.
Academic details: BPharm from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra, MPharm from Central University of Punjab
Email id: sonawane23@iiserb.ac.in
Ayushi Saini
Research interests: Protein Bioconjugation
Academic details: MSc (Organic Chemistry) from K L DAV PG College Roorkee (Uttarakhand)
Email id: ayushi24@iiserb.ac.in
Bhaskar Kashyap
Research interests: Protein Bioconjugation
Academic details: MSc (Organic Chemistry) from K L DAV PG College, Roorkee (Uttarakhand)
Email id: bhaskar24@iiserb.ac.in
Neha Patel
Research interests: Protein Bioconjugation
Academic details: MSc from University of Mumbai
Email id: patel24@iiserb.ac.in
Masters thesis students
Thrisha R
Academic details: BS-MS 5th year IISER Bhopal
Research interests: Protein Bioconjugation
Other interest: Singing, Travelling and Sports
Email id: thrisha20@iiserb.ac.in
Jadhav Rushikesh Shivaji
Academic details: BS-MS, 5th year IISER Bhopal
Research interests: Chemical Biology of bacterial c-di-GMP signaling
Email id: jadhav20@iiserb.ac.in
Ashis Saha
Academic details: M.Sc., 2nd year IISER Bhopal
Research interests:
Email id: ashis23@iiserb.ac.in
Metali Kachhwaha
Academic details: BS-MS, 5th year IISER Bhopal
Research interests: Chemical Biology of bacterial c-di-GMP signaling
Email id: metali21@iiserb.ac.in
Vaishnavi Tripathi
Academic details: BS-MS, 5th year IISER Bhopal
Research interests: Development of photoactivatable probes for chemical biology.
Email id: vaishnavi21@iiserb.ac.in
Lab alumni (PhD degrees awarded)
Dr. Shaikh Dastgir Shakil
Graduated in 2024
Dr. Mudassir Hussain Mir
Graduated in 2024; currently, postdoctoral fellow in the University of Hong Kong
Dr. Sangeeta Parmar
Graduated in 2025
Lab alumni (BS/MS, MSc students, project assistants)
Govind Kumar Verma : BS/MS thesis student (2018-19), first position after graduating: Research assistant at DRDE(DRDO), Gwalior
Shahabas Me: BS/MS thesis student (2019-20), first position after graduating: free;lancer at an education technology company
Anisha Suresh: BS/MS thesis student (2019-20), first position after graduating: Ph.D. student at IIT Bombay as a PMRF fellow
Nanditha K Narayanan: BS/MS thesis student (2019-20), first position after graduating: Marie Curie fellow at TU Wien, Austria
Fabina Binth Kandiyoth: BS/MS thesis student (2020-21), first position after graduating: Ph.D. student at MBDI, France
Maneesha Singh: BS/MS thesis student (2020-21)
Tanushree Gupta : iPhD student (2020-21), first position after graduating: Ph.D. student at the University of Strasbourgh, France
Pooja Bharadwaj: Project Assistant (2022)
Gourav Das: BS/MS thesis student (2022-23), first position after graduating: Aurigene Discovery Technology Ltd. (Bangalore)
Anmol Singh: BS/MS thesis student (2022-23)
Deepa: BS/MS thesis student (2022-23)
Stuti Khode: MSc thesis student (2024)
Thrisha R: BS/MS thesis student (2024-25)
Jadhav Rushikesh Shivaji: BS/MS thesis student (2024-25)
Ashis Saha: MSc thesis student (2024-25)